December 13–17, 2014

Granoff Center, Cohen Gallery

Skies Over Milton: Experiments in Design and Performance also included a conversation with PearlDamour on Monday, December 15.

Take a break from this hectic time of year by relaxing under 5 floating squares of sky, coming direct to you from 5 towns named Milton across the U.S. The public is invited to contemplate the skies, listen in to voices of residents from these 5 small towns and consider its unifying presence—we are all living under one sky.

This installation was from award-winning experimental theater-makers PearlDamour as part of the research and development of their new piece MILTON. Designer Jim Findlay joined the team to shoot 24 hours of video footage of the sky over each Milton. Why the sky? These five Miltons stretch over, up and across the United States, forming an earth-bound constellation.

Since the beginning of 2013, PearlDamour has been visiting 5 towns named Milton – in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Louisiana, Oregon and Wisconsin. In each town, they have met with a diverse cross-section of people, talking to them and asking them questions about their lives and the world. How did you get to Milton? If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be? The final piece was performed in the 5 Miltons as well as larger cities across the country.